1.  LGBT Politics in Lebanon Draft Presentation – Rasha Moumneh September 2008

2. LGBT Organizations in Lebanon 2004 2007

3. Global Politics  War on Terror  Politicization of (homo)sexuality  Iran  Palestine/Israel  Local Backlash

4. National Politics  February 14, 2005: Assassination of ex-PM Rafik Hariri  March 2005: Mass public demonstrations calling for the withdrawal of Syria from Lebanon (The Cedar Revolution)  Lebanon officially enters the orbit of the war on terror – Cedar Revolution and its leaders become America’s pet project

5. Where Bush Was Right The face of the New Middle East

6. LGBT Strategies  HIV/AIDS  Creating an Arabic Lexicon  Networking across the Arab world  Reclaiming Arab homoerotic history  Producing knowledge, telling our stories.